After showing a brief video during the morning keynote that offered a glimpse of the sleek, black machine, Phil Schiller, senior vice president of worldwide marketing at Apple, responded to recent criticism about Apple's creativity. "Can't innovate anymore, my ass," he scoffed.

The new Mac Pro is completely redesigned, coming in at one-eighth the size of the older model and sporting a tubular design built around Apple's unique unified thermal core, which "even sounds cool," Schiller quipped.

Set into a slim, glowing panel are a half dozen Thunderbolt 2 ports and four USB 3.0 ports, along with an HDMI output and two Gigabit Ethernet ports. Internally, the Mac pro is equipped with 802.11ac Wi-Fi and Bluetooth 4.0.

The entire top of the Mac Pro is a handle for easy portability. As promised, it will be assembled in the U.S.

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